Attachment styles, negotiation of goal conflict, and perceived partner support during COVID-19

Vowels, Laura M.; Carnelley, Katherine B.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110505

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“…Although we speculate that participants in this study experienced goal conflict at Thanksgiving, this study had no measures of goal conflict (cf., Boudreaux and Ozer, 2013 ; Gere and Schimmack, 2013 ; Gray et al, 2017 ; Vowels and Carnelley, 2020 ). Goal conflict occurs when pursuing one valued goal interferes with the pursuit of another valued goal.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Goal conflict occurs when pursuing one valued goal interferes with the pursuit of another valued goal. Wellbeing relates negatively to goal conflict, either when the conflict is between one’s own goals (e.g., Boudreaux and Ozer, 2013 ; Gray et al, 2017 ) or between the goals of relationship partners (e.g., Gere and Schimmack, 2013 ; Vowels and Carnelley, 2020 ). Conflicts between the goal of gathering face-to-face and the goal of remaining safe from COVID-19 will likely continue for the duration of the pandemic.…”

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Feeling Socially Connected and Focusing on Growth: Relationships With Wellbeing During a Major Holiday in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Numerous major holidays celebrate socially gathering in person. However, in major holidays that happened during the pandemic, desires to nurture relationships and maintain holiday traditions often conflicted with physical distancing and other measures to protect against COVID-19. The current research sought to understand wellbeing during American Thanksgiving in 2020, which happened 8months into the COVID-19 pandemic, after months of physical distancing and stay-at-home orders. American Thanksgiving is a major holiday not limited to any religion. We asked 404 American adults how they spent Thanksgiving Day and to report on their experiences of that day. Predictors of wellbeing that we drew from self-determination theory were satisfaction of the fundamental needs for social connection (relatedness), for doing what one really wants (autonomy), and feeling effective (competence). The predictors of wellbeing that we drew from regulatory focus theory were a focus on growth (promotion), and a focus on security (prevention). We found that feeling socially connected and focusing on growth related most strongly to wellbeing. Additionally, participants who saw even one other person face-to-face reported significantly higher relatedness satisfaction, promotion focus, and wellbeing than those who did not. Our research could help construct persuasive messages that encourage nurturing close relationships at major holidays while remaining safe against the virus.

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Feeling Socially Connected and Focusing on Growth: Relationships With Wellbeing During a Major Holiday in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Consequently, the need for social contact led to an increase in user numbers of mobile social media apps (e.g., dating apps; Statista, 2021). Furthermore, it is known that lower-educated emerging adults can rely less on the emotional support of peers and friends (Vowels & Carnelley, 2020).…”

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Emerging Adults’ Self-Efficacy as a Resource for Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Landberg

2021

Emerging Adulthood

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The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting emerging adults during a crucial developmental period, which may have long-lasting effects on their developmental task progression and psychosocial adjustment. Because self-efficacy is a well-researched psychological resource to deal with substantial challenges, the present study examined the link between emerging adults’ life- and domain-specific satisfaction during the pandemic and self-efficacy before the pandemic. Drawing on a sample of 377 German emerging adults (56.5% female), we found that self-efficacy prior to the pandemic was not associated with life or domain-specific satisfaction during the pandemic. However, results revealed that associations between domain-specific satisfaction during the pandemic and self-efficacy varied by educational attainment. Results are discussed in light of specific circumstances related to the progression of the pandemic in Germany, possible non-response bias, as well as implications for social policy and future research.

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“…Although we speculate that participants in this study experienced goal conflict at Thanksgiving, this study had no measures of goal conflict (cf., Boudreaux & Ozer, 2012;Gere & Schimmack, 2013;Gray et al, 2017;Vowels & Carnelley, 2020). Goal conflict occurs when pursuing one valued goal interferes with the pursuit of another valued goal.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Goal conflict occurs when pursuing one valued goal interferes with the pursuit of another valued goal. Well-being relates negatively to goal conflict, either when the conflict is between one's own goals (e.g., Boudreaux & Ozer, 2012;Gray et al, 2017) or between the goals of relationship partners (e.g., Gere & Schimmack, 2013;Vowels & Carnelley, 2020). Conflicts between the goal of gathering face-toface and the goal of remaining safe from COVID-19 will likely continue for the duration of the pandemic.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feeling socially connected and focusing on growth: Relationships with well-being during a major holiday in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Burkins²,

Chalachan³

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Numerous major holidays celebrate socially gathering in person. However, in major holidays that happened during the pandemic, desires to nurture relationships and maintain holiday traditions often conflicted with physical distancing and other measures to protect against COVID-19. The current research sought to understand well-being during American Thanksgiving in 2020, which happened eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, after months of physical distancing and stay-at-home orders. American Thanksgiving is a major holiday not limited to any religion. We asked 404 American adults how they spent Thanksgiving Day and to report on their experiences of that day. Predictors of well-being that we drew from self-determination theory were satisfaction of the fundamental needs for social connection (relatedness), for doing what one really wants (autonomy), and for feeling effective (competence). The predictors of well-being that we drew from regulatory focus theory were a focus on growth (promotion), and a focus on security (prevention). We found that feeling socially connected and focusing on growth related most strongly to well-being. Additionally, participants who saw even one other person face-to-face reported significantly higher relatedness satisfaction, promotion focus, and well-being than those who did not. Our research could help construct persuasive messages that encourage nurturing close relationships at major holidays while remaining safe against the virus.

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Attachment styles, negotiation of goal conflict, and perceived partner support during COVID-19

Cited by 25 publications

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Feeling Socially Connected and Focusing on Growth: Relationships With Wellbeing During a Major Holiday in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Feeling Socially Connected and Focusing on Growth: Relationships With Wellbeing During a Major Holiday in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Emerging Adults’ Self-Efficacy as a Resource for Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic

Feeling socially connected and focusing on growth: Relationships with well-being during a major holiday in the COVID-19 pandemic

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